counteractant
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She surrounded herself, she steeped herself, with the East, to have, as it were, a sort of counteractant against the spell of the black-haired horse man.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
I took it that the very mystery of the proceeding was in some way a counteractant to his grief.
From Dracula by Bram Stoker
What had Clay to offer as a counteractant, as an equal inspiration to the pride of this lusty nation?
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
But Martha had had no counteractant to soften or obliterate the thoughts of her blasted hopes.
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
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